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Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 120 Pintail 1 Teal 1 Shoveler 3 Tufted Duck 62 Folly Pond Teal 310 Wigeon 300 Redshank 31 Oystercatcher 2 Snipe 7 Avenue Tower [...]
5 January 2012
Last Few Days
New Years Bird Race The New Year Bird Race was great fun, sadly not many people took. During the day I personally managed 62 species, but sadly was beaten on the day by a total of 65 species by WW [...]
2 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 300 Wigeon 200 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Snipe 3 Shoveler 20 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 210 Wigeon 140 Pintail 1 Shoveler 10 Canada Goose 7 [...]
30 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Bewick's Swan Yesterday we had a small family of Bewick's Swans drop in for about 20 minutes. The group consisted of two adults and two juveniles. Usually here at Caerlaverock we only tend [...]
22 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Green-winged Teal For the last few month we have had a drake American Green-winged Teal residing on the Folly Pond. hen the bird was first seen one thing stood out on the bird and that was the ext [...]
21 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Due to last night freezing temperatures and the constant rain fall the road to the reserve is covered in Black Ice as it the reserve. EXTREME CAUTION IS NEEDED! It is thawing though, and is passa [...]
19 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond We have recently had a female Pintail coming in to the feeds. Ever since it first arrived it was straight up to us like it seemed to know the routine we have. We found that this birds [...]
14 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 100 Wigeon 90 Teal 10 Shoveler 2 Pintail 3 Folly Pond Wigeon 150 Teal 100 Redshank 2 Snipe 5 Saltcot Merse Observatory Scaup 2500 Pintail [...]
13 December 2011
Todays Sightings
This morning we had two Eurasian/European White-fronted Geese on the reserve with the Barnacle Geese. Over the last few weeks we have had a good number of this race of White-fronted Goose on the reser [...]
12 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Robin along the Avenue, M.Youdale © Copyright WWT 2011 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 70 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 50 Campbell Hide Eurasian White-fronted Goose 4 Barnacle Goose 800 [...]
11 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Saltcot Merse Observatory SABINE'S GULL 1 POSSIBLE STORM OR LEACH'S STORM PETREL 1 Knot 200 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 350 Teal 500 Wigeon 300 Redshank 2 Black-tailed Godw [...]
8 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 30 Wigeon 90 Tufted Duck 60 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 500 Wigeon 300 Black-tailed Godwit 10 Redshank 1 Oystercatcher 1 Lapwing 3 Snipe [...]
7 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Common Snipe on Folly Pond, M.Youdale © Copyright WWT 2011 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 100 Wigeon 60 Teal 16 Shoveler 4 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 700 Wigeon 500 [...]
6 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 600 Wigeon 550 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Snipe 20 Whooper Swan 92 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 15 Wigeon 100 Teal 5 Shoveler 5 Flood Groun [...]
5 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Swans Yesterday we had 527 Whooper Swans on the reserve which is actually a RESERVE RECORD! This morning however, we had a mighty 5! All the birds are still around the local area but a [...]
3 December 2011